kasbahs
North African citadels
Kasbahs are North African citadels or fortified quarters within cities, typically featuring high walls, narrow passages, and traditional architecture.
The term comes from Arabic and appears most often in descriptions of Morocco and Algeria: We wandered through the winding streets of the kasbah.
The phrase rock the casbah entered pop culture through the 1982 Clash song.
Also spelled casbah.
Fortified urban stronghold
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- medinaHistoric Arab city core
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
- towersTall vertical structures
courtyard · walls · battlements · crenellations · passages · quarters · gates · parapets
Sky-bearing Titan of myth
- MarrakechMoroccan imperial city
- BerberNorth African ethnic group
- souksArab open-air markets
- artisansSkilled manual workers
carpets · spices · tea · hospitality · desert · oasis · caravans · traders
North African ethnic group
- tribalOf a clan
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- defenseProtection against harm
refuge · caravan · trade · route · merchants · conquest · dynasty · colonial
Brief recreational trip
- guidedLed with assistance
- photographyCreating images from light
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
exploration · authentic · traditional · boutique · accommodation · rooftop · experience · cultural
citadel
Fortified urban stronghold
- fortressHeavily defended military structure
- medinaHistoric Arab city core
- rampartsProtective fortress walls
towers · courtyard · walls · battlements · crenellations · passages · quarters · gates · parapets · adobe
Atlas
Sky-bearing Titan of myth
artisans · carpets · spices · tea · hospitality · desert · oasis · caravans · traders · palm
Berber
North African ethnic group
- tribalOf a clan
- chieftainLeader of a tribe
- strongholdFortified place of defense
defense · refuge · caravan · trade · route · merchants · conquest · dynasty · colonial · French
excursion
Brief recreational trip
- guidedLed with assistance
- photographyCreating images from light
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
panorama · exploration · authentic · traditional · boutique · accommodation · rooftop · experience · cultural · visit
- Maghreb travelAlgiers, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Sahara, Atlas Mountains
- medinasouk, hammam, hammams, bazaar, city walls
- MoroccoMarrakech, Casablanca, medina, souk, tagine
- Arab citiesBaghdad, Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Marrakech
- Medinasmedina, souks, narrow streets, alleys, alleyways
- AlgeriaAlgiers, Constantine, dinar, Berber, Medea
kasbahsskyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
high-rises · glass towers · planned communities · new towns · housing projects